Radio: Short-wave Paul Revere

Just before Yugoslavia squirmed out of the Nazi net, a series of
short-wave broadcasts out of Boston took that country by the ears. In
cafes, hotels, libraries and homes, Yugoslavs rallied round
loudspeakers several times daily to listen to a call to arms that
rocketed from a mike 4,500 miles away. Highly effective, these war
cries from abroad were credited in official circles with having played
no small part in keeping Yugoslavia out of Hitler's hands. Said a
dispatch to the U.S. State Department from the American Legation in
Belgrade: "Everybody has been listening to the broadcasts, which
whipped up the...